Teachers wear many hats. They share knowledge and life lessons. They are disciplinarians, coaches, mentors and friends. Lifelong educators, the type that turn an obstacle into a lesson or help a student see that a perceived failure is only an opportunity to be better, are hard to come by. This is exactly the type of person that Beatriz Sears, the newest member of the Miami Lakes Educational Center (MLEC) family as Vice Principal, has...

  Following in a decades-long tradition, freshmen and seniors from Monsignor Edward Pace High School participated in the school’s annual Freshmen Welcome Week. Festivities opened on September 14 with a quick meet-and-greet between seniors and their freshmen, followed by the Salt & Light School Mass. In a moving opening lit mostly by candles, seniors and freshmen placed offerings in front of the altar representing the seven...

  With Monsignor Edward Pace High School’s Drama program marking its fifteenth production under the guidance of Cristina Pla-Guzman, lead teacher for the Academy for Visual and Performing Arts-Theatre Program, just what separates this production from its past ones?It’s not simply the heinous story of the dead coming back to life in pursuit of human brains that should entice you to watch the show; it’s the themes that...

  Junior States of America, a national nonprofit debate organization for high school students, will host an event for high school students on October 10 at the Roberto Alonso Community Center, 16500 N.W. 87 Ave., in Royal Oaks Park. The event, the “Miami Lakes One Day Convention,” will include a variety of debates around the theme “Constitution and Conflict in Changing America.” Sample debates include...

  Miami-Dade County Public Schools recently launched the Lean and Green Initiative in conjunction with the Humane Society which label vegan and vegetarian options as well as offering morse fresh food choices and providing nutritional information.  MDCPS has long offered free breakfast during the school year and more recently free meals in select schools during the summer time. Another addition to MDCPS healthy initiatives is...